James Andrew McAvoy[2] (
/ˈmækəvɔɪ/ MAK-ə-voi; born (1979-04-21)21 April 1979) is a Scottish stage and screen actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in 1995's The Near Room and continued to make mostly television appearances until the early 2000s. His notable television work includes State of Play, Shameless, and Frank Herbert's Children of Dune. Besides screen acting, McAvoy has appeared on stage with Three Days of Rain in 2009, and in 2011 he did voice work for animated films including Gnomeo & Juliet and Arthur Christmas.
Starting in 2003, McAvoy began to build his film resume with Bollywood Queen. That film was followed with The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), a commercial hit. His performance in Kevin Macdonald's The Last King of Scotland achieved him not only critical praise, but several award nominations. 2007's critically acclaimed Atonement marked the breakthrough in McAvoy's career. It also earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination and his second BAFTA nomination. Another big point in the actor's career was starring in Wanted (2008). Since then, he is notable for playing Charles Xavier in the 2011 superhero film X-Men: First Class.
James McAvoy was born in Port Glasgow, Scotland, the son of Elizabeth (née Johnstone), a psychiatric nurse, and James McAvoy Senior, a builder.[3][4] He was brought up as a Roman Catholic.[5] His parents divorced when he was seven, which McAvoy took hard.[1][3][4] McAvoy's mother suffered from poor health and subsequently decided it was best that he live with his maternal grandparents, Mary and butcher James Johnstone, in the nearby Drumchapel area of Glasgow in a terrace council house.[3][6] His mother lived with them intermittently.[4] The actor has regularly visited his grandparents.[3] He has a sister, Joy, and a younger half-brother, Donald.[3][4] McAvoy has not been in contact with his father since childhood.[4] According to his father, McAvoy avoided any contact with him after he moved in with his new lover.[3] Nonetheless, the actor had a good upbringing.[7] He attended St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary in Jordanhill, Glasgow, a Catholic school, and briefly considered joining the Catholic priesthood.[7][8] In a 2006 interview, McAvoy admitted that part of the reason why he considered becoming a priest was that he wanted to use it as an excuse to travel.[9] During his education, he worked at a local bakery.[7][8]
McAvoy's acting debut came at the age of 15 in The Near Room (1995). McAvoy later admitted that he was not very interested in acting when joining the movie, but was inspired to study the craft after developing feelings for his co-star, Alana Brady.[10] He continued to act while still a member of PACE Youth Theatre.[11] McAvoy eventually graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2000.[12] Throughout the early 2000s, McAvoy made guest appearances in television shows and began working on movies. In 2001, the actor appeared in a play entitled Out in the Open. His performance in the play as a gay hustler impressed filmmaker Joe Wright so much that he stayed on his radar and offered McAvoy parts in his movies, but to no avail, as the actor turned them down for years.[12]
He also starred in Privates on Parade in the Donmar Warehouse, this time catching Sam Mendes's attention.[4] Also during 2001, the actor appeared in Band of Brothers, an eleven-hour World War II miniseries by executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.[13] It was shown on the HBO network.[14] He gained the attention of critics in 2002's made-for-television adaption of the book White Teeth.[15]
During 2003 McAvoy appeared in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, adapted from Frank Herbert's novels. It is one of the highest-rated programs ever to be aired on the channel.[16] More cable work came for him when he accepted the role of an unprincipled reporter in 2003's State of Play. The well-received six-part British drama serial tells the story of a newspaper's investigation into the death of a young woman and was broadcast on BBC One.[17][18] Calling the program a "must-see", the Chicago Tribune recommended State of Play for its cast's performance.[19] During 2002, McAvoy shot scenes for Bollywood Queen. Called West Side Story meets Romeo and Juliet with bindis, the movie deals with star-crossed lovers caught in the middle of clashing cultures. It was shown as a special presentation at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and opened in UK theatres on 17 October.[20][21] In 2004, he acted in a supporting role in the romantic comedy Wimbledon, also featuring Kirsten Dunst as a co-lead.[22] His next project was voicing a character named Hal in the 2004 English version of Strings, a mythic fantasy film.[23] Another 2004 release for him was Inside I'm Dancing, an Irish production helmed by Damien O'Donnell. In it, the actor was cast as the principal character: a maverick with duchenne muscular dystrophy.[24]
McAvoy rounded out 2004 by appearing in the first two seasons of Shameless as Steve McBride, the moral hero of the BAFTA-winning Channel 4 program, giving the actor a big break in his career.[25] His public profile was raised in 2005 with the release of Walt Disney Pictures's The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. McAvoy starred in the fantasy adventure film made by Andrew Adamson and based on C. S. Lewis's'children's novel as Mr. Tumnus, a faun who befriends Lucy Pevensie (played by Georgie Henley) and joins Aslan's (Liam Neeson) forces. It was given a UK release of 9 December. At the UK box office, this movie opened at number one, earning around £8.7 million at 498 cinemas over the weekend.[26] Worldwide, Narnia grossed £463 million, making it the 41st highest-grossing film of all-time worldwide.[27] That succeeding year he also accepted the principal role of Brian Jackson, a nerdy university student who wins a place on a University Challenge quiz team in the mid-1980s, in Starter for 10. He was directed by David Nicholls, who adapted the film's screenplay from his own book. The British/American production was given distribution in the UK on 10 November. 10 scored a rating of 89% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on a sample of 75 reviews.[28] In spite of the positive buzz, the movie flopped at the box office, unable to recover its production costs of £5.7 million.[29][30]
Forrest Whittaker had suggested McAvoy to director Kevin Macdonald for the role of Nicholas Garrigan in 2006's Academy Award-winning low-budgeted The Last King of Scotland.[31] McAvoy portrayed a Scottish doctor that becomes the personal physician to dictator Idi Amin (played by Whittaker) while in Uganda. While the movie is based on factual events of Amin's rule, the story between the two is fictional and adapted from Giles Foden's acclaimed 1998 novel. He assessed his character to be a "completely selfish prick."[9] An overwhelmed McAvoy fainted during his first take of what would be the hardest scene for him to shoot, Nicolas's torture.[32] McAvoy was named Best Actor of the year by the Scotland's own BAFTA Awards, where the film swept the major categories,[33] and received a nomination from the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The movie itself walked away with three wins, including the honour for Outstanding British Film of the Year.[34] This was accompanied by praise for McAvoy's performance.[35]
Following that, he played Irish attorney Tom Lefroy and love-interest to Jane Austen in Becoming Jane, a 2007 historical movie inspired by the author's early life.[36] Next up was Penelope, which premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival.[37] Also starring co-producer Reese Witherspoon, it generated polarised reviews.[38] The breakthrough role in McAvoy's career came in Atonement, Joe Wright's 2007 adaption of Ian McEwan's novel of the same title. A romantic war film, it focuses on lovers Cecilia and Robbie's (Keira Knightley and McAvoy) lives being torn apart after her jealous younger sister (Saoirse Ronan) falsely accuses him of a crime. Upon reading the script, McAvoy thought to himself, "if I don't get the part I'm not reading the book because it'll be devastating. It's an amazing role and I really wanted it."[39] McAvoy has called the movie "incredibly sad" but considers it an uplifting experience. He also shared that he hoped viewers will be left "absolutely devastated and harrowed."[40] Screenings of Atonement were held at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was one of most acclaimed films present, and Venice Film Festival.[41][42] Atonement was a big awards contender; it was nominated for fourteen BAFTAs and seven Academy Awards.[43][44] Both McAvoy and Knightley were nominated for their performances at the 65th Golden Globe Awards, respectively.[45] Additionally, the film was lauded by critics, with Metacritic reporting it to have an approval rating of 85.[46] The Hollywood Reporter writer Ray Bennett said the duo gave "compelling and charismatic performances".[47]
[edit] Wanted and after
One of the biggest highlights of McAvoy's career was starring opposite Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman in Wanted, an action movie where he personified Wesley Gibson, a young American slacker who learns he is heir to a legacy of assassins. When McAvoy screen-tested for the role, he was initially rejected because the studio was seeking an actor with conventional Hollywood leading-man looks and physique. He later recalled being considered the "runt of the litter" of those who tested, but ultimately got the part in late 2006 since the studio "wanted someone geeky."[48][49] While shooting action scenes for Wanted, he suffered several injuries, including a twisted ankle and an injured knee.[50] Nonetheless the actor said he had a "good time" doing the movie. McAvoy had never done this type of genre before and thought of Wanted as a chance to be more versatile.[51] Loosely based on the comic book miniseries of the same name by Mark Millar, it saw a June 2008 release worldwide. It received favourable reviews from the press, who generally liked that it was fast-paced.[52] At the box office, Wanted was a success, grossing £207 million against a £45 million production budget.[53] Next was The Last Station (2009), a biopic that details the final months of celebrated writer Leo Tolstoy and also stars McAvoy's wife.[54] It was shown at a limited amount of screens in the US.[55] Although most critics' awards paid attention to co-stars Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer, the Satellite Awards nominated McAvoy for Best Supporting Actor.[56] In 2009, McAvoy voiced Angelina's father, Maurice Mouseling, in the television series, Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps.
He also appeared onstage in 2009 at Apollo Theater's Three Days of Rain.[57] He accepted the job of voicing the male titular character in Gnomeo and Juliet (2011), an animated movie based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.[58] In Robert Redford's historical American drama The Conspirator, McAvoy played the role of an idealistic war hero who reluctantly defends a co-conspirator charged in the Abraham Lincoln assassination. It premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.[59] While this movie garnered mixed reception, critics lauded the actor for his work. In Owen Gleiberman's assessment of The Conspirator, he found it "stiff-jointed" and tedious, but regarded McAvoy as "an avid presence".[60] In mid-2010, McAvoy was cast as telepathic superhero Professor X, leader and founder of the X-Men, in X-Men: First Class.[61] He joined an ensemble that included Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Kevin Bacon. Based on the Marvel Comics and a prequel to the film series, it is set primarily during the Cuban Missile Crisis and focuses on the relationship between Professor X and Magneto and the origin of their groups. McAvoy admitted that he was not familiar with the comics as a child, but was a fan of the cartoons since the age of 10.[62] Released to the UK on 1 June, First Class topped its box office with ticket sales of around £5 million during its opening weekend.[63] First Class was also reviewed favourably.[64] In 2011, McAvoy began filming the role of Max Lewinsky in the British thriller, Welcome to the Punch.[65] He was also cast as the lead role in the upcoming Danny Boyle film, Trance.
In 2012, McAvoy was cast as Bruce Robertson in Filth, an adaptation of an Irvine Welsh novel of the same name. The film's ensemble cast includes Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsan, and Imogen Poots.[66] It was also announced that he would co-star with Jessica Chastain in a double-feature film project, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby.[67]
Duff and McAvoy in February 2007
McAvoy dated Scottish actress Emma Nielsen (stage name Emma King) for six years until 2003.[68] While working on Shameless, McAvoy started a relationship with his character's love interest, Anne-Marie Duff, who is nine years his senior.[69] When they first began dating, McAvoy and Duff mutually agreed not to speak to the press about their relationship.[68][70][71] At the age of 27, he married Duff, then 36, on 18 October 2006 in a quiet ceremony.[69][71] When asked by Ryan Seacrest, during his radio show, if he wished he had waited longer to get married so he could exploit his fame better, McAvoy replied that he had married the woman of his dreams. "The world seemed less scary.... And I started to like myself a little bit more," McAvoy added of how he knew they were in love.[40]
They have one child together, a son named Brendan, born in 2010.[72] During interviews, the actor has opted not to discuss his son and have not announced their child's birth date, although he has stated the little man keeps him up at night.[73] He had dropped out of the cancer dramedy 50/50 in early 2010, shortly before filming was to begin, reportedly in fear that he would miss the birth of their child.[74] Despite his wealth, McAvoy leads what has been called a modest life. Prior to marrying Duff, he purchased a second floor flat in North London during 2006 for about £178,000. Also, he and his wife drive a 1990s Nissan Micra that is worth less than £1,000.[75] The couple enjoy a close relationship and rarely leave their flat, choosing to instead read or do sudoku puzzles together. Of this lifestyle, the actor said it is "mundane, and I love it that way".[3]
After McAvoy won an award from the BAFTAs, his estranged father spoke to the Sunday Mirror, stating that he would love to get in touch with his son, but did not know how to reach him. Though the actor did not read the piece, he heard about it and was unmoved.[4] He enjoys fantasy themes which he said started from the age of 11 with The Lord of the Rings.[76] His big interest outside acting and science fiction is football; he is a huge fan of Celtic Football Club, stating that his dream role would be to play Celtic legend Jimmy Johnstone.[77] McAvoy considers himself a spiritual person who no longer practices Catholicism.[8] Speaking to Sky News, McAvoy said he believed that British filmmakers belittle and dumb down their productions to please American audiences. "It's like we're patronising them and short changing ourselves," the actor commented.[78] He has also branded 3-D films a "waste of money", accusing movie studios of using the effect to get more money out of their theatre audiences.[79]
At one point, McAvoy did a "terrifying" base jump from the world's tallest hospital building in a bid to help raise money for Ugandan children's charity Retrak, an organisation which assists children on the streets.[80] Additionally, McAvoy is a celebrity supporter of the British Red Cross with whom he travelled to Uganda to raise awareness of the projects there. He had become involved with the charity after shooting The Last King of Scotland there for several months and was shocked by what he saw in the landlocked country.[81] In February 2007, he visited northern Uganda and spent four days seeing projects supported by the British Red Cross.[82]
| Film |
| Year |
Film |
Role |
Notes |
| 1995 |
The Near Room |
Kevin Savage |
Minor role |
| 1997 |
An Angel Passes By |
Local boy |
Short film directed by David Baillie |
| 1997 |
Regeneration |
Anthony Balfour |
(Aka Behind the Lines) Minor role |
| 2001 |
Swimming Pool |
Mike |
(Aka The Pool) Ensemble cast |
| 2003 |
Bright Young Things |
The Earl of Balcairn |
|
| 2003 |
Bollywood Queen |
Jay |
Main role |
| 2004 |
Wimbledon |
Carl Colt |
Supporting role |
| 2004 |
Strings |
Hal Tara (voice) |
(English version) Main role |
| 2004 |
Inside I'm Dancing |
Rory O'Shea |
(Aka Rory O'Shea Was Here) Main role
Nominated – London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor |
| 2005 |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
Mr. Tumnus |
Nominated – London Film Critics Circle Award for British Supporting Actor of the Year |
| 2006 |
The Last King of Scotland |
Dr. Nicholas Garrigan |
Main role
BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor
Rising Star Award, BAFTA
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Actor
Nominated – European Film Award for Best Actor
Nominated – London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor |
| 2006 |
Starter for 10 |
Brian Jackson |
Main role |
| 2007 |
Becoming Jane |
Thomas Lefroy |
Main role |
| 2007 |
Penelope |
Johnny Martin / Max Campion |
Main role; Premiered at 2006 Toronto International Film Festival, released to foreign territories in 2007. |
| 2007 |
Atonement |
Robbie Turner |
Main role
Empire Award for Best Actor
London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the Year
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated – European Film Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated – Irish Film Award for Best International Actor |
| 2008 |
Wanted |
Wesley A. Gibson |
Main role
Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss |
| 2009 |
The Last Station |
Valentin Bulgakov |
Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture |
| 2011 |
Gnomeo and Juliet |
Gnomeo (voice) |
(Animated film) Main role |
| 2011 |
The Conspirator |
Frederick Aiken |
Main role |
| 2011 |
X-Men: First Class |
Professor Charles Xavier / Professor X |
Main role
IGN Award for Best Ensemble Cast[83]
Nominated – Scream Award for Best Fantasy Actor
Nominated – Scream Award for Best Superhero
Nominated – Scream Award for Best Ensemble
Nominated — People's Choice Award for Favorite Superhero
Nominated — People's Choice Award for Favorite Ensemble Movie Cast |
| 2011 |
Arthur Christmas[84] |
Arthur (voice) |
(3-D animated film) Main role |
| 2012 |
Welcome to the Punch |
Max Lewinsky |
(Post-production) Main role |
| 2012 |
Filth |
Bruce Robertson |
(Post-production) Main role |
| 2013 |
Trance |
Simon |
(Post-production) Main role |
| Television |
| Year |
Title |
Role |
Notes |
| 1997 |
The Bill |
Gavin Donald |
(1984 TV series) 1 episode, "Rent" |
| 2001 |
Band of Brothers |
Pvt. James W. Miller |
(2001 miniseries) 1 episode, "Replacements" |
| 2001 |
Lorna Doone |
Sergeant Bloxham |
TV film |
| 2001 |
Murder in Mind |
Martin Vosper |
(2001 TV series) 1 episode, "Teacher" |
| 2002 |
White Teeth |
Josh Malfen |
(2002 miniseries) 2 episodes, "The Trouble with Millat" and "The Return of Magid Iqbal" |
| 2002 |
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries |
Gowan Ross |
(2001 TV series) 1 episode, "Payment in Blood" |
| 2002 |
Foyle's War |
Ray Pritchard |
(2002 TV series) 1 episode, "The German Woman" |
| 2003 |
Frank Herbert's Children of Dune |
Leto Atreides II |
(2003 miniseries) 3 episodes |
| 2003 |
State of Play |
Dan Foster |
(2003 miniseries) 6 episodes |
| 2003 |
Early Doors |
Liam |
(2003 TV series) 4 episodes, Series 1 only |
| 2004–2005 |
Shameless |
Steve McBride |
(2004 TV series) 13 episodes, Series 1 and Series 2 only
Nominated – British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Newcomer |
| 2005 |
ShakespeaRe-Told |
Joe Macbeth |
(2005 miniseries) Main role; 1 episode, "Macbeth" |
| 2009 |
Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps |
Maurice Mouseling (voice) |
2009 TV series |
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| Persondata |
| Name |
McAvoy, James |
| Alternative names |
McAvoy, James Andrew |
| Short description |
Scottish stage and screen actor |
| Date of birth |
April 1979 |
| Place of birth |
Port Glasgow, Scotland |
| Date of death |
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| Place of death |
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